See you at the Theater *AFTER COVID-19

Featuring...

Amazing Artists from the Bay Area

Hosted by Marga Gomez

Artists include:

Fauxnique, she who made made herstory as the first cis-gender woman to win a major drag (queen) pageant
A selection from Nekeia Rideout's solo show 'a room w/ no mirrors' about Black identity and living in a Black body
Instigator Patricia Miller
Spoken word poetry from LadiRev
Comedian Irene Tu
A selection from Susan-Jane Harrison's solo show Mind the Gap, about privacy/public image and finding one's voice(s)
A section of Be Steadwell's earthy and hilarious musical, A Letter to My Ex
a brand new, written for this event, half-play, half-dance party Writer Boogie featuring 4 local playwrights: Megan Cohen, Brit Frazier, Alejandra Rivas & Aimee Suzara and a ton of woman+-created music to dance to!!

Marga Gomez

Marga had led the charge, bringing comedy to folx since the Shelter-in-Place began. We are grateful to have her as part of AMPLIFY as a performer - and to have her host this first time event!

Gomez, a GLAAD Award-winning writer/performer has written thirteen solo plays which have been presented at Brava, SF and nationally including Off-Broadway engagements at The Public Theater, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, La Mama Etc and Dixon Place. NYC. She has been described as “deliciously cheeky and incendiary” by the New York Times. She also tours nationally as one of the first out comedians in the United States. Her television appearances include LOGO, Comedy Central and HBO’s “Comic Relief”.” Sting once told her “You’re F**king Funny.” Marga teaches creating solo performance online and in San Francisco at Brava,The Kearny Street Workshop, A.C.T and . Her upcoming performances can be found on margagomez.com

Photo by Anne Whitman

24 Hours of Shows for $25

What is AMPLIFY?

Our BIGGEST baWTF event is AMPLIFY! a 24-Hour Celebration of Women+ in Performance. We are taking over the entire Brava! for Women in the Arts building in San Francisco's Mission District. From 6pm on April 18th until 6pm on April 19th, we are filling every stage, lobby and hallway with performances by your favorite Bay Area theater artists - and hopefully a few that become your favorites! Join us Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 2020 (yes, you can stay all 24 hours if you would like) - children's programming is primarily on Sunday morning and early afternoon. From comedy to drama, you will see a range of performing arts and artists at their best.

Buy your ticket and come/go as you please over the 24 hours. Or stay with us for the duration!

BRAVA is wheelchair-accessible - there is reserved wheelchair & companion seating in the 3 main performance spaces (the Main Stage, the Cabaret, and the Studio). Wheelchair seating in the Main Stage is in the front row. Wheelchair seating in the Studio and the Cabaret is in the front, audience left.

The main lobby bathrooms both have ADA Accessible stalls, the Cabaret space has single stall bathrooms. There is an elevator to the 2nd floor for access to the Studio and Main Stage balcony levels. Event space is not scent free.

Please contact us at bayareaWTF@gmail.com or 510-982-1615 if you have access needs or questions.

AMPLIFY! & all our March & April events are a part of SWAN Day!